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TIL 93% of Indians work in informal, off-the-books jobs, and get paid in cash.

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4j65 TIL that “The Rainbow Fish”, a children’s book meant to encourage sharing and giving, is criticized as “promoting Socialism”.
y48e TIL the makers of the board game Monopoly will set up a hotline for a few days over the holiday period to help mediate any game-based arguments.
wLY6Y TIL: 75% of the world's spices come from only one country- India
X0Jm8 TIL The moderen shipping container called CONEX box (CONtainer, EXpress) was invited for Korea and Vietnam war then reinvented by Malcom McLean, a now defunct company.
P1jxG TIL that on the Ides of March 1953 there was an attempt to contact extraterrestrials via mass telepathic transmission of a welcome message. Later the message became the basis for a song by the group Klaatu which was then covered by pop group The Carpenters